"The most sensible approach would be for the UK and its European partners to strike a pragmatic relationship with a new Syrian government – one …
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Carnival should wave goodbye to Notting Hill
With this level of violence and criminality, Notting Hill Carnival is not an iconic community-spirited event of national pride. It is divorced from its own …
Even library buildings aren’t safe from the woke witch-hunt
Welsh Labour is subjecting Wales to an identitarian 'decolonisation' experiment. It is a betrayal of traditional working-class politics and takes the focus away from real …
Redefining Islamophobia would undermine academic freedom
The APPG British Muslims working definition of Islamophobia and the IHRA working definition of antisemitism it is ultimately modelled on, both risk undermining academic freedom …
Labour’s obsession with race won’t make Britain more equal
My latest @CapX on the King's Speech, which announced the Labour government's intention to introduce new race-related legislation. This proposed Race Equality Act could do …
Ethnic minority voters are leaving the Tories behind
"The Tories may be a so-called party of the Right, but have extraordinarily weak ties with some of the most socially conservative voters in the …
Another quango is no magic bullet for social cohesion
"I certainly have sympathy with the argument that this is simply a ‘quangofication’ of solutions to Britain’s on-the-ground problems." My latest @CapX on the proposed …
Preferential treatment has no place in multi-faith Britain
Britain can take pride in its history of religious accommodation and the interfaith activity of the Royals. But a national commitment to religious pluralism should …
Labour’s racial equality plans are divisive and unnecessary
"Britain is arguably the finest example of a multi-racial democracy in the advanced world. We must insulate ourselves from toxic American identity politics – Labour’s …
School prayer bans don’t make Britain a secular state
"If the British state supports the existence of free Islamic faith schools, then it is only fair that this support is replicated in the case …